http://www.redroom.com/blog/scott-owens/feed Samples of blogs en http://www.redroom.com/blog/scott-owens/how-does-poetry-work <p>How Does Poetry Work? &nbsp; Reprinted from “Musings,” Outlook, October 8, 2009 &nbsp; Any attempt at answering that question is doomed to be inadequate for the simple fact that what we call poetry varies greatly and works in an incomprehensible range of ways.  Nevertheless, as Robert Frost said, “There are roughly zones,” and there is a great deal to be learned as a poet or a reader ...</p> <p><a href="http://www.redroom.com/blog/scott-owens/how-does-poetry-work">read more</a></p> http://www.redroom.com/blog/scott-owens/how-does-poetry-work#comments Edvard Munch Ezra Pound limbic system musings Outlook Robert Frost Scott Owens Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:44:09 -0700 Scott Owens 163417 at http://www.redroom.com http://www.redroom.com/blog/scott-owens/why-poetry <p>Why Poetry?   Reprinted from “Musings,” Outlook, August 20, 2009               It’s a question that every poet who has ever been interviewed has been asked and a question that I ask my own writing students every semester.  But it may really be two questions.  The reasons, after all, for reading poetry can be quite different than the reasons for writing it.  And the ...</p> <p><a href="http://www.redroom.com/blog/scott-owens/why-poetry">read more</a></p> http://www.redroom.com/blog/scott-owens/why-poetry#comments Camille Paglia Edwin Honig jay parini musings Outlook Scott Owens Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:41:24 -0700 Scott Owens 163416 at http://www.redroom.com http://www.redroom.com/blog/scott-owens/top-10-reasons-go-a-poetry-reading <p>Top 10 Reasons to Go to a Poetry Reading   Reprinted from “Musings,” Outlook, November 13, 2008               In this age of universal literacy, poetry readings might seem a strange concept.  Why would one give up an evening of watching The Biggest Loser or Dancing with the Stars to listen to someone read to them what they could easily read, and perhaps more easily ...</p> <p><a href="http://www.redroom.com/blog/scott-owens/top-10-reasons-go-a-poetry-reading">read more</a></p> http://www.redroom.com/blog/scott-owens/top-10-reasons-go-a-poetry-reading#comments musings Outlook Poetry Hickory Poetry Reading Scott Owens Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse William Carlos Williams Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:39:15 -0700 Scott Owens 163414 at http://www.redroom.com http://www.redroom.com/blog/scott-owens/how-read-a-poem <p>HOW TO READ A POEM  Reprinted from &quot;Musings,&quot;Outlook, August 27, 2009             This one comes in direct response to a reader who wrote to me that he doesn’t read much poetry because it never makes any sense to him.  This is not the first time I’ve heard this complaint about poetry.             The problem, I think, with understanding poetry is that ...</p> <p><a href="http://www.redroom.com/blog/scott-owens/how-read-a-poem">read more</a></p> http://www.redroom.com/blog/scott-owens/how-read-a-poem#comments How to Read a Poem musings Outlook Pound Scott Owens Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:33:37 -0700 Scott Owens 163413 at http://www.redroom.com